潦倒

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Chinese

flooded; heavy rain
upset; turn over; to tip
upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt
 
simp. and trad.
(潦倒)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial () (37) (5)
Final () (89) (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter lawX tawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɑuX/ /tɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɑuX/ /tɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɑuX/ /tɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lawX/ /tawX/
Li
Rong
/lɑuX/ /tɑuX/
Wang
Li
/lɑuX/ /tɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lɑuX/ /tɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lǎo dǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lou5 dou2

Adjective

潦倒

  1. down on one's luck; to be on the rocks; frustrated; hapless and dejected

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